I tend to agree that in that situation the choice of landing area would probably not include an appraisal of much beyond the actual landing of the aircraft. Part of even a hurried landing will be a call to control by the TFO to specify the location and nature of the landing and any assistance required.
With talk of 'hurried landing' in various ways, I can't remember seeing any comments on how busy the roads in the area were at that time of night. I would have thought there would still be quite a lot of traffic.